Category Archives: violence

The History

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…of this land has been horribly twisted to put white European settlers as some sort of heroes, when the truth is far from that.

From Indian Country, exploring the Native American side of that history. Contrary to belief, this land was not a “wilderness”, but a carefully cultivated eco-system that worked, amazingly, for 10,000+ years…and it took the Europeans only a few hundred years to trash the place…

There are several links at the bottom of the story.  I don’t have time to click on all of them, but did this one.  When I told my son about the smallpox infested blankets, he didn’t believe me.  He couldn’t imagine someone being so evil.   Bio-warfare, like drones, is a coward’s way to win at war–“if we can’t win by our physical and mental stamina, we’ll cheat and introduce a disease that will knock them out…” Sickening.

The pain of Bain

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…and playing the game…

Yeah, it’s not really news, either.

I can’t figure out why all that money that was raised at Clooney’s party couldn’t have been better placed behind a third party candidate?  Harry Braun, anyone?  Yeah, I don’t think he’s perfect, but it is so refreshing to see an intelligent discussion of the serious issues facing us right now. And not part of the financial/big oil crowd….

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Related to this, is this incident with Romney and John Lauber.  I’d heard about this, but couldn’t get to it until now. Wow.  The rightwing host here was having a fit over the publishing of this story–he was saying that this was old news and that the Post was in a conspiracy because it was published the same day that Obama came out for gay marriage.  As if…

The rightwing host went on to say that “this was 1965–nobody wore their hair long then. Nobody.”  Um, yeah, I have a different recollection.  Even though I was only 4 years old at the time, I remember how irate my father was at the “long hairs” and “weirdos”.  So guys were starting to wear their hair long–it just wasn’t acceptable by the anal retentives.  To express your individuality with long hair was verboten–as Herr Romney illustrated.

Anyway, the rightwing host failed to recognize the bullying aspect and how wrong this was.  Romney had no right to impose his will on another.  None.  He was violent towards another individual.  I think that is very relevant to his character and whether we want such a person leading this country.

Let’s see…contempt of the poor, bragging about paying 13% of a normal 35% in taxes, wants to destroy public schools,…and now bullying…sounds like a stand up kinda guy. /snark

 

 

 

Magnifying glass

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Well, now it’s even easier for spying on and shooting innocent people.   Coming to FW in October…can’t wait.  (The city was on Fire Friday–three deadly shootings over night with a state police officer shooting someone dead.)

More from the NATO summit–Iraq Veterans Against the War give back their medals.  Good for them.  It’s not easy for them, I’m sure, as it is hard for anyone in this society to speak out against war–with the media promoting war as patriotic (all you protestors are just dirty commie hippies) and the use of media by the Defense Dept to promote it, as well.

Here’s a good clip from PRWatch on FakeNews.

And, lastly, is this.  Talk about turning the technology around…

Double Meanings

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I was doing a little research on the group Tenacious D...and came upon the song “Fuck Her Gently”.

I can’t get access to the page now, but I had looked at the link where Jack Black stated that the song was written in response to p_rnos where guys are rough and the gals are supposedly enjoying that treatment.  Black stated that the song was something of a, for want of a better word, tutorial.

Um…yeah…if you believe that, I have some oceanfront property in Indiana I want to sell you…

See, the song is about doing something TO her….

…it’s as if she doesn’t have a brain or mouth to tell the guy what she prefers. The song gives this away with the final lines–“fuck her hard”…yeah, you pretty much lose all credibility with that line.

Secondly, Black assumes that people who watch p_rnos actually care what their partner wants—-not likely.  P-rnos objectify not only women, but men as well…it’s all about the physical, not the spiritual.  It’s devoid of connection….it diminishes the worth of each human being.  Not to mention the voyeuristic aspect…it’s like spying on a couple in the most intimate encounters.

It’s devoid of the spiritual and anytime one does that, without consideration of another human being, you’re going towards the dark side.

 

 

Afghan killings, the poor, bankers, etc.

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Common dreams has this link up on yet another killing of innocent Afghanis’ who were minding their own business. Meanwhile, support for the war from the people who are paying for it, is at a new low.  Where’s my representation, again…?

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Meanwhile, the repubs continue their “Eat Shit” campaign against the poor, elderly, and disabled in this country…because, you know, we have to be over in Afghanistan or whatever country has our oil in it, and we can’t be bothered with either creating jobs or feeding people if there are no decent paying jobs available so they can feed themselves….

The comments section brings up the involuntary servitude of the Prisons for Fun and Profit scheme.

The most telling paragraph is this one in the Reuters clip:

The Ryan bill also takes aim at financial reforms, eliminating the government’s powers to shut down large financial institutions, as well as cutting funding for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A tort reform plan to end frivolous lawsuits included in the measure would lead to lower health care costs, according the CBO.

There is the heart of this, folks.  I’m reading The Indebted Society by James Medoff and Andrew Harless in which they assert that the economy of this country has been manipulated by the bankers/financial institutions for their own benefit.  Bankers need low wages so that people will borrow.  The book stated that wages have remained stagnant (which we already knew) and that people were borrowing just to maintain their lifestyles as far back as the eighties.  However, those things they were borrowing money for–luxury items–were not necessary for life and if they had to let them go back to the bank for lack of payment it wasn’t a big hardship.  However, with this current economic situation, the borrowing was not for luxury items, but just to survive–they refinanced their homes, or borrowed on credit cards to buy groceries and needed items…that sort of thing.  And that is why we saw so many folks “hit the wall”.  Their wages were no longer able to meet the very basics of life.

Medoff and Harless are blaming the Federal Reserve for not wanting inflation to rise–bankers don’t like inflation because it hurts their bottom line.  And they heavily influence the Fed, as much as the Fed would like to deny it.    Medoff and Harless say that there has been too much emphasis on consumption, and not enough on investment.

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And, just to shed light on the media campaign by the sociopaths–I was flipping through the radio the other night, and there was Sean Hannity.

Hannity actually made the claim that “socialist spending has gotten us into this economy.”   Say whaaat?  No, it’s not taxing the top 1% at a fair tax rate, and even reducing their taxes while starting not one, not two, but three military conflicts and/or wars, it’s feeding the poor and the elderly!  God these people drive me crazy.

Oh, and they’re quick to bring God into the conversation to justify their un-Jesus-like selfishness:

Overheard on a rightwing station here in FW (they’re pretty much all rightwing, just some to a lesser degree)–

“Be obedient to God–get out and vote.  Be obedient to God–politically you’re either conservative or liberal.  You have to decide which way is obedient to God. ”

Yeah, so wouldn’t following  “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and “Thou Shalt Not Covet thy neighbors’ stuff” (this includes oil, folks) be obedient to God?   How about “Do unto others as you would have done unto you?”

 

 

 

ALEC, jobs, and decent pay

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Center for Media and Democracy has posted this article on the next target of ALEC:  fair wages, jobs, and workers compensation.

The article notes ALEC’s support of the for-profit prison industry– link here.  I have to wonder if Dick Cheney is in on this….and whatever happened to that indictment…?  If you read the entire article, Scott Walker is knee deep in this–sponsoring bills that required inmates to serve their entire sentences, regardless of good behavior or counseling.

From the link on allowing employers’ access to medical records:

Section 3. Employers’ shall be allowed access to all relevant medical information,
without the express authorization or consent, of the employee in all cases in which an
employee files a claim under employer provided workers’ compensation insurance or any
other employer provided entitlement . The insurance carriers or administrator shall
provide and discuss relevant documents of the claim file that shall affect the employer’s
premium with the employer, and shall supply copies of the documents that affect the
premium.

(Italics mine)

Big Brother, anyone?  Good Grief.  An employer could use this personal information in any number of ways to discredit an employee.

Here’s a page “explaining” why employees might file false claims:

http://www.insurancefraud.org/workers_comp_scams.htm

If you click on the “About Us” link, it is full of insurance companies’ sponsorship.  Hmmm….no bias there, eh?

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On to other matters–

ALEC is also trying to interfere with the EPA’s regulation of coal ash, a serious health hazard.  I followed the CNN link about the devastating effects on homeowners’s health and exposure to Uranium, which is believed to be coming from the coal ash ponds.  These unfortunate individuals have suffered terribly, while their houses are secretly bought and the evidence (house) is destroyed.

Unbelievable.

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And if poisoning your home, denying your valid worker compensation claim aren’t enough, we’ll put the nail in the coffin by feeding you Mad Cow.  Warning: don’t read this if you’re eating your lunch/dinner…might make you toss your waffles.

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Lastly,  here’s a story on the 7.5 million, er, 200,000 tab on the damage done by the protestors in the Wisconsin uprising…while ignoring the damage done by the staff.  I think they ought to send the bill to Scott Walker and his ALEC supporters, whom, it would seem, have plenty of money to throw around…